Camera



Aug l13, 1940- v. P. SHELTON Y 2,210,988

CAMERA Filed Dec. 4, 1939 Patented` Aug. 13, i940 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE 2 Claims.

It is well known that color film is expensive and for this reason is preferred in Bantam or 828 size. Kodachrome lm is not made to fit such 120 cameras giving 21A inch square pictures, as the Rolleiex, Rolleicord, Voightlander Superb, Karelle Reflex and the Super Iconta B.

It is among the objects of this invention to provide means which when used in combination with said 120 cameras giving 2%. inch square pictures that they may successfully use Bantam or 828 size colorlm. My invention contemplates such other objects, advantages and capabilities as will later more fully appear and which are inherently possessed by my invention.

While I have shown in the accompanying drawing a preferred form of my invention, yet I Wish it understood that the same is susceptible of modification and change without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Referring to the drawing, Fig. 1 is an elevational view of a camera interior in combination with adapters, Bantam spools and exposure chamber mask; Fig. 2 is a bottom View of the structure shown in Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a detail view of the adapters and lm spool assembly; Fig. 4 is a detail view of the mask, and Fig. 5 Ais a plan view of the nder mask in place on the ground glass of a reflector camera.

In the embodiment selected to illustrate my invention I remove the ordinary film supply spool from the engaging members of the 120 camera adapted to produce 2% inch square pictures, which camera I designate by the numeral ID, and provide a pair of removable spool adapters II. Each adapter II has a body portion I2 with a recess I3 extending from one end to the interior of the body member. Extending fromthe other end of said body member I2 is an extension 35. A shallow circular depression I4 is provided in the body member I2 adjacent the inner ends of the extension 35. The two adapters II are positioned lwith their extensions 35 within opposite receiving holes I5 of the Bantam size spool I6, the spaced flanges I'I of said spool I6 being positioned within the circular depressions I4. The knobs I8 of the camera I0 are removably fitted within recesses I3 of adapters II. Bantam size spool I6 is of sufficient width to accommodate Bantam size lm, which is commonly referred to as 828 lm or in color as Eastman Bantam Kodachrome film.

The ordinary take-up spool is also removed from said 120 camera I 0, and said adapters I I removably fitted to knobs I8, as heretofore described, to hold another Bantam size spool 26.

One of the adapters II is provided with a lateral slot I9 to engage key 20 attached to knob I8 so that the turnable member 2| of the camera may be manually turned to move the nlm.

Over the exposure chamber 22 of said 120 5 camera I0 I provide a mask 23 having a frame 24 with an opening adapted to provide a smaller exposure for the lm to produce smaller size' pictures than the 2% inch square pictures ordinarily produced by the 120 camera, said smaller 10 sized pictures may be Bantam sized or millimeter-as desired.

Attached to said frame 24 of my compensating or reducing mask 23 and extending longitudinally are a. pair of spaced guides 36 for the Bantam spool I6. Said guides 36 extendbeyond the frame 24 and their end portions 21 support the mask 23 on the frame edges 28 of the exposure chamber 22. The mask 23 is held in place by the pressure plate 29 on the back of the camera I0.

The Bantam film 30 extends from the supply spool I6through guides 36 over opening 25 of mask 23 to the take-up spool 26.

A finder' mask 32 is also positioned over the ground glass of a reector camera, as shown in Fig. 5. A corresponding mask would correspondingly fit over the view nder of a direct view llnder camera. The mask 32 has a frame 33 and an opening 34 which limits the finding vision to substantially the proportionate size of the picture to be obtained.

With my removable adapting members an ordinary 120i camera adapted to take 21A inch square pictures may be adapted to use color llm of Bantam size. No structural changes in said 120 camera are necessary, said adapting memers are all removable so that when their use is no longer desired the user may remove them without damage to his 120 camera and use the camera for its original purposes. The 120 cam- 40 era may with my adapting members produce color lm exposures economically and accurately and of a desired small size.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In combination with a reflex camera normally adapted to produce 21A inch square pictures, said camera having knobs for holding lm supply and take up spools, one of said knobs being connected with a mechanism for determining the length of lm to be taken up on each exposure, an exposure chamber provided with a film exposure space and frame edges, and a ground glass view lnder, a removable adapting set to adapt said camera for the use of miniature size color film to obtain color iilm exposures, said adapting set comprising four adapters, each of said adapters having a body portion witha recess extending within one end and an extension extending from the other end, the recesses of two of said adapters adapted to removably receive the lm supply knobs of the camera, the

,recesses ofthe other two of said adapters adapted to removably receive the lm take up knobs of the camera, the extensions of said adapters adapted to removably flt`within the recesses of a miniature sizefilm supply and take up spool, the adapter attached t'o said take up spool knob which is attached to, said take-up mechanism having a slot, said slot adapted to removably re-V ceive a key provided in said camera take-up spool knob so that said knob may turn said adapter and said iilm take-up spool, a film mask having a frame, said film mask being removably positioned in said exposure chamber over said exposure space, said film mask having a pair of guide members attached to opposite spaced portions of the frame, said guide members extend-A ing parallelto the direction of the iilm movement and adapted to receive between them and guide miniature film extending from a film spool attached to the extensions of said adapters which are attached to the film supply knobs of said camera to a take-up spool attached to the extensions of said adapters which are -attached to the take-up knobs of said camera, said guide members having end portions extending beyond the frame and adaptedto support the lm mask on the frame edges of the exposure. chamber, a

anonce adapted to produce pictures of a size larger than miniature size color hlm pictures, 'said camera having knobs for holding lm supply and takeup spools, one of the knobs for holding said takeup spool being connected with a mechanism for determining the length of lm to be taken up for each exposure, an exposure chamber provided with an exposure space and a view nder, a. removable adapting set to adapt said camera for the use of miniature size color film to obtain color lm exposures, said adapting set comprising four adapters, each of said adapters having a body portion with a recess extending within one end and an extension extending from the other end,

the recesses of two of said adapters adapted to removably receive the film supply knobs of the camera, the recesses of the other two of said adapters adapted to removably receive the lm take-up knobsof the camera, the extensions of said adapters adapted to removably t Within the recesses of a miniature size film supply and takeup spool, a lmmask having a frame, said film mask being removably positioned in said exposure chamber over said exposure space, said lm mask having a pair of guide members attached to opposite spaced portions of the frame, extending portions on said mask for supporting said mask in said frame, said guide members extending parallel to the direction of the lm movement and adapted to receive between them and guide miniature film extending from a film spool attached to the extensions of said adapters which are attached to the lm supply knobs of said camera to a take-up spool attached to the extensions of said adapters which are attached to the take-up knobs 1 of said camera, a View findermask having a frame, the size of said frame being of a size in the same proportion that the view finder of said camera bears to the exposure space of said camera and said film mask providing an exposure space of substantially the same length as the amount of film supplied for each exposure by said camera spool knob, adapter and take-up spool. i

VERNON P. SI-IELTON. 

